In the midst of lightning and flint, the next moment Xiao Ran pressed Kira and Cagalli to the ground, a huge explosion sounded from above their heads. They felt the debris flying everywhere, and the shock Xiao Ran's head was at a loss as he moved the table almost to the ground. Facing such a close explosion, he felt the feeling of death passing him by. Even though he had been mentally prepared, his scalp was numb and he could not recover for a while.
Compared to Xiao Ran, Kira seems much calmer. Although he is also stunned and panicked, at least he can still watch the movements around him and can drive Strike Gundam to fight until now. Kira had already had a calm attitude in the face of danger. After quickly observing the surroundings, he came out of Xiao Ran's arms with his eyes raised, and he jumped up and picked up a pistol that flew from nowhere and threw it directly at Xiao Ran. An attacker ran out from the corner. Just when Xiao Ran regained consciousness amidst the chaotic gunfire, Kira had fully exerted all his advantages as Coordinators, using Blitz Gundam rushed to the side of the attacker who suddenly appeared. With a flying kick and a punch, the man who looked much stronger than Kira himself was knocked down to the ground, unable to move for a long time.
The gunfire hadn't stopped yet, and Xiao Ran could only protect Cagalli in his arms and hide in the temporary bunker made by Andrew. He didn't know what the table was made of. The defense was so strong that even the attackers couldn't shoot through it with a submachine gun, and the bullets could only get stuck on the table.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Ran lowered his head and looked at Cagalli, who had a dull expression.
Cagalli is the goddess of victory who has been trained in battle after all. She quickly calmed down. "It's okay."
"Come on, kill these Coordinators, for a blue and quiet world!" A guy wearing a bandana rushed out of a corridor with a gun on his head, with a ferocious face. Just after shouting this sentence, a flying bullet passed through his forehead, and he instantly fell to the ground with a ferocious expression.
Sporadic gunshots rang out from everywhere, bringing with them the sounds of people falling to the ground or sounds of pain. I wonder if ZAFT's people had been ambushing nearby for a long time. Blue Cosmos's people only made the beginning. Not only did they fail to accomplish their planned assassination of Andrew, the process and ending were also handled by ZAFT.
ZAFT, who was lying in ambush, ran out from all directions and killed all the attackers in less than a moment. Some even shot the Blue Cosmos member who was knocked to the ground by Kira directly in front of Kira.
Xiao Ran stood up again and helped Cagalli up. He patted himself and heard Kira ask Andrew's identity, "You... who are you?"
"Hey, introduce yourself." Andrew took off his hat and sunglasses, smiled at Kira, Cagalli and Xiao Ran: "I am Andrew Butterfield."
Cagalli looked in astonishment at Andrew who showed them the whole picture, opened his mouth and finally spit out two words: "Tiger."
Andrew didn't know whether he saw Cagalli's incomprehensible expression. He smiled to himself and said, "Really, they were the ones who attacked me. I didn't expect Blue Cosmos's people to be so unreasonable and involve you. In order to express my apology, I hope to invite you to my place as a guest."
"No... no need." Kira quickly refused.
Andrew shrugged his shoulders and turned to look at Xiao Ran, saying, "Then at least let this girl change her clothes. After all, it is also because of me that she is like this. Please don't reject my kindness again. What do you think, guardian?"
"Then thank you for your hospitality in advance." Xiao Ran touched his nose and accepted Andrew's invitation amidst Cagalli's glare and Kira's puzzled expression.
"Haha, topics are only discussed between adults." Andrew laughed, walked up to Xiao Ran and said to him, arm-in-arm, "I have very good cigars and coffee there, you will definitely like it."
Xiao Ran also smiled and replied, "I'm looking forward to it."
Sitting in the car heading to Andrew's mansion, Andrew was chatting and laughing with Xiao Ran along the way, which made Cagalli, who was sitting in the back seat of the car behind, very unhappy, but In front of him were two ZAFT in military uniforms. Cagalli couldn't help his temper, so he could only walk around and said to Kira, "You are a teacher who really gets along with everyone."
I don't know if Kira didn't hear the meaning and dissatisfaction in Cagalli's tone, or he was pretending to be dumbfounded. He nodded and said innocently, "The teacher is a good person. There is no one on Archangel who doesn't like the teacher."
When Cagalli heard Kira's pretentious words, he puffed up his mouth, snorted and turned his head away, sulking alone.
In fact, Kira knew very well that Xiao Ran had just agreed to Andrew's invitation, which had caused Cagalli's dissatisfaction, but Kira also understood that in In that situation, surrounded by so many ZAFT people, it was best to agree to the other party's invitation even for safety reasons. Otherwise, blind refusal may cause Tiger to become curious or suspicious of the three of them, and send someone to follow them.
But at this time, Kira couldn't explain as much as Cagalli, so he could only pretend to be stupid and muddle through.
When they arrived at Andrew's big mansion, Xiao Ran couldn't help but admire it for a long time. For a person like him who was originally just a homebody, a huge mansion with independent gardens, swimming pools, private squares, etc. was simply a dream for him. This was something he could only think about in his original world.
Hearing Xiao Ran's praise, Andrew looked very happy, and because of Xiao Ran's presence, Kira and Cagalli didn't seem too hesitant when they got off the car, especially Cagalli, who walked in the front like a little girl in a hurry.
Entering the house, Andrew did not greet the three people in the largest living room in the mansion. Instead, he took the three people to a reception room that looked more comfortable, and called a person there, Aisha.
Andrew first hugged Aisha gently without hesitation, and then hugged Aisha and introduced the three of them, "This is my new friend, especially that child. He saved me just now. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a lifesaver, haha."
When Aisha heard what Andrew said, he first glanced at Andrew worriedly, and then thanked Xiao Ran: "Ah, thank you very much for saving Andy."
Kira forced a smile and shook his head, "Mr. Baltfeldt, please be polite. He will be fine even without me."
"Haha." Andrew smiled, pointed at Cagalli and said to Aisha, "Aisha, take this child to tidy up."
"Oh, really, how can a lady become like this." Aisha nodded, looked closer at Cagalli: "What a beautiful girl, come with me."
Cagalli turned to look at Kira. Kira saw Xiao Ran nodding slightly, and then nodded to Cagalli.
After Aisha left with Cagalli, Andrew also politely greeted the two of them to sit down, and enthusiastically showed them his proud craftsmanship in making coffee.
Drinking something Andrew enthusiastically made, Xiao Ran had to admit that he was not a person who enjoyed it at all, and he had no idea what the subtle differences were between coffee and coffee. Seeing the two of them enjoying themselves, especially Andrew, Xiao Ran could only curl his lips.
There was no sound in the room for the time being, Kira was cautiously silent, thinking in his heart that the teacher didn't need to worry about anything here, just pay attention to the surroundings. Andrew was drinking coffee while observing the two people from time to time. His eyes moved back and forth between Xiao Ran and Kira, and he squinted his eyes slightly from time to time, not knowing what he was thinking.
The atmosphere gradually changed from relaxed and harmonious to dull and depressing. In order to prevent this atmosphere from continuing and causing conflicts like in the plot, Xiao Ran made up his mind, smiled and suddenly interrupted Andrew's thoughts, "Mr. Butterfield, it's nice to meet you today. Sure enough, I'm not a bad person as I thought. The desert tiger in the rumors is really different. It feels like a friend like Miss Lacus."
"Teacher?" Kira turned to look at Xiao Ran in astonishment. He had no idea why Xiao Ran said such words at this time, and even mentioned Lacus·Klein.
When Andrew heard Xiao Ran's words, he also put down his cup and looked at him with interest. "Oh, do you also know Miss Lacus·Klein?"